Glb's 40g upgrade!

RyanCSGO · May 25, 2016

Awesome! looks great

looking forward to seeing it progress

cale0721 · May 25, 2016

glb said:
Sump is working perfectly!

Awesome job!

Ps the blue pipe on your skimmer is upside down [emoji4]

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
This rock I want to order is quarried. Do I still need to do that stuff? The site says no but I want to make sure.

I'm not too familiar with quarried rock. Then again with everything in this hobby, I'd rather be safe than sorry. At the very least let it soak in an empty tank with SW for a couple of days and test for phosphates. If nothing registers you'll probably be good to go. If you do see phosphates you can then think of treating the rock.

glb · May 25, 2016

cale0721 said:
Awesome job!

Ps the blue pipe on your skimmer is upside down [emoji4]

Oops! Thanks for the info. It came with zero instructions.

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
Sump is working perfectly!

Yay!! Looks amazing! Btw - where did you get the filter sock fixture? I wanted something similar but couldn't find anything.

glb · May 25, 2016

I found it on Amazon. Let me see if I can find the link for you.

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

Another thing I just noticed - aren't you running a bean animal setup? If so where are your two other stand pipes?

glb · May 25, 2016

BlueDevil said:
Another thing I just noticed - aren't you running a bean animal setup? If so where are your two other stand pipes?

No, no bean. I have an airtube coming out of the elbow at the top. I think that's called durso? There's no syphon.

cale0721 · May 25, 2016

glb said:
Oops! Thanks for the info. It came with zero instructions.

Lol it's ok. I have an sca 302 only reason I knew [emoji854]

glb · May 25, 2016

cale0721 said:
Lol it's ok. I have an sca 302 only reason I knew [emoji854]

Well I sure would have wondered why turning it didn't do a thing. Lol

glb · May 25, 2016

So I have a very tiny leak on the overflow side. Like one little drop every 5 minutes. Any chance this will go away?

glb · May 25, 2016

Waterline labels for pump on/pump off

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
So I have a very tiny leak on the overflow side. Like one little drop every 5 minutes. Any chance this will go away?

I hate to say it but the leak won't go away by itself. If anything it will increase over time. Something is wrong for it to leak and if not fixed you're looking at trouble down the road.

Is the overflow side a new leak? Wasn't your earlier leak on the return? I would inspect the gaskets and bulkheads and make sure there is no visible damage. It might just be a matter of taking it apart and reseating. Make sure you don't under or over tighten them.

glb · May 25, 2016

BlueDevil said:
I hate to say it but the leak won't go away by itself. If anything it will increase over time. Something is wrong for it to leak and if not fixed you're looking at trouble down the road.

Is the overflow side a new leak? Wasn't your earlier leak on the return? I would inspect the gaskets and bulkheads and make sure there is no visible damage. It might just be a matter of taking it apart and reseating. Make sure you don't under or over tighten them.

The return one is s fixed. This one always leaked, and this is the best it's been. I so do not want to take it apart again. Grrrr.

glb · May 25, 2016

cale0721 said:
Lol it's ok. I have an sca 302 only reason I knew [emoji854]

So do I need to do anything with the little acrylic cylinder with the airtube attached to the left of the collection cup? I'm assuming that's the air intake but honestly have no clue.

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
The return one is s fixed. This one always leaked, and this is the best it's been. I so do not want to take it apart again. Grrrr.

Do the bulkheads and gaskets look like they're in good shape? Sometimes you can get a bad set of those. I assume the leak is right where the bulkhead meets the glass? Have you put the gaskets on the correct side? Just throwing out thoughts...

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
So do I need to do anything with the little acrylic cylinder with the airtube attached to the left of the collection cup? I'm assuming that's the air intake but honestly have no clue.

Yeah the small tube like container is the air vent. As long as the tube is connected to it that should be all you need to do to it.

glb · May 25, 2016

BlueDevil said:
Do the bulkheads and gaskets look like they're in good shape? Sometimes you can get a bad set of those. I assume the leak is right where the bulkhead meets the glass? Have you put the gaskets on the correct side? Just throwing out thoughts...

The stuff all looks good. Yes the leak is where the bulkhead meets the glass. The gaskets are where they need to be. I did spray paint the back of the tank and the surface isn't totally smooth. Could that be it?

BlueDevil · May 25, 2016

glb said:
The stuff all looks good. Yes the leak is where the bulkhead meets the glass. The gaskets are where they need to be. I did spray paint the back of the tank and the surface isn't totally smooth. Could that be it?

Unless the paint is really gooped on there that likely isn't the problem. How much of an uneven surface did the paint create? It is only paint right and not any debri stuck in the paint?